Interim report before run-off elections: need to revise system for processing and publishing election data
Source: euromaidanpress.com Summary of interim report The process of establishing voting results and the results of the local elections of October 20, 2020, being predictably long-running and not entirely transparent, has provoked excessive suspicion and sometimes reasonable criticism of the election administration bodies on the part of various election participants and voters, too. As […]
Worrying incidents ahead of run-off presidential election
Source: balkaninsight.com (EPA/Doru Dumitru) Ahead of this Sunday’s run-off presidential election in Moldova, Promo-LEX observers underline the lack of explicit and exhaustive legal provisions in the Electoral Code to regulate the conduct of the second round of elections. The campaign was marked by a rise in hate speech, partially uttered by incumbent Dodon himself, […]
Second round of elections: main problems and risks
Source: kyivpost.com (Kostyantyn Chernichkin) Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) Chairman Oleksiy Koshel noted during a press briefing that the second round of elections will take place on November 15 in 7 communities, and on November 22 in other communities. The second round will likely take place during the weekend quarantine, which may affect […]
Public outcry and excessive use of force amid flawed Parliamentary Elections
In our latest policy alert, we analyse how District Election Commissions failed to adequately respond to the substantive violations detected in the summary protocols aggravating public distrust over the electoral process. This, and other recorded violations sparked a public outcry calling for the resignation of the Chairman of the Central Election Commission and snap elections. […]
Public outcry and excessive use of force amid flawed Parliamentary Elections
Georgian police uses water cannon to disperse protesters in front of the Central Election Commission (CEC) building in Tbilisi, Georgia, 8 November 2020. Source: euractiv.com [Zurab Kurtsikidze/EPA/EFE]. The District Election Commissions (DECs) have been accused of failing to adequately administer the vote count during the 2020 Georgian Parliamentary Elections. The Parallel Vote Counting (PVT) […]
When and where are second rounds of local elections being held?
When will be the second round held in communities with 75,000 voters or more, if none of the candidates receives 50% + 1 vote? The date varies for each community. According to Article 281 (1) of the Election Code, the second round shall be scheduled for Sunday, within three weeks following the date when the […]
International mediation needed to resolve post-election crisis in Georgia
Thousands of people marched through Tbilisi rejecting parliamentary election results, 07.11.2020. Source: bbc.com (Reuters) EPDE member International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), along with other election watchdog organizations, call for international mediation before the political deadlock increases ahead of the second round of the parliamentary election in Georgia. District election commissions must […]
Complaints filed by ISFED seeking recount of election precinct results
Immediately after the parliamentary elections were finished, due to imbalance and overwritten data in summary protocols, ISFED applied to 44 DECs requesting revision of voting results at 162 PECs (recount of results). Majority of the complaints were rejected as baseless or left without consideration on the grounds that they were filed by unauthorized individuals. Among […]
Final report on first round of presidential election
Ahead of this weekend’s run-off between incumbent President Dodon and Maia Sandu for the presidency, Promo-LEX published its final report on the conduct of the first round of the presidential election in Moldova. Promo-LEX’s parallel vote tabulation and analysis of almost all Vote Counting Protocols across Moldova do not show any significant discrepancies with the […]
Final report on first round of presidential election
Ballots cast in the village of Ciorescu, north of Moldova’s capital Chisinau, November 1, 2020. Source: neweurope.eu (EPA-EFE / DUMITRU DORU) Ahead of this weekend’s runoff election between incumbent President Dodon and Maia Sandu, Promo-LEX published its final report on the conduct of the first round of the presidential election in Moldova. Promo-LEX’s parallel […]